Alghu

Alghu (1230-1266) was the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate from 1260 to 1266, succeeding Mubarak Shah and preceding Mubarak Shah.

Biography
Alghu was born in 1230, the son of Baidar and the grandson of Chagatai Khan, a son of Genghis Khan. Alghu was appointed Khan of the Chagatai Khanate in 1260 by Ariq Boke, who fought against Kublai Khan in hopes of becoming the new Khagan of the Mongol Empire. He seized Samarkand and Bukhara from Kublai Khan, but he later deserted Ariq Boke in 1262. Alghu gained the support of Orghina, the mother of the child Mubarak Shah, whom Alghu had deposed in 1260. In 1263 Alghu attacked Kublai Khan's seditious nephew Kaidu as an ally of Kublai Khan, and despite assistance from Khan Berke of the Golden Horde, Alghu was defeated by Kaidu. He won a battle against Kaidu in 1266, and would have pressed the advantage had he not fallen ill and died.